Create Shortcut / launcher on Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04
To create a shortcut to an application or location on the desktop (Ubuntu 12+), on terminal run – Method 1: Installing Gnome Panel if a shortcut is being create...
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Add a folder to left side pane of Nautilus file manager in Ubuntu
To add a folder to favorites in left tab of nautilus – Go the required folder. On title bar (at the top of desktop), go to and click Bookmarks => Add Bookmar...
Ubuntu – Unable to resolve host error after a VPN session
Problem: Ubuntu unable to resolve hosts after a disrupted VPN session. Reason: The DNS server not reset to normal from that of the VPN network. Fix: On terminal...
Override certificate error in Cisco AnyConnect Client on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit
Problem: Cisco Anyconnect client does not give an option to override the “invalid certificate error” and go ahead using the current certificate of the server. R...
Eclipse fails to start up in Ubuntu after installing Oracle Java
Problem: Eclipse fails to start, with message – java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library. Reasons: no swt-gtk-3740 in java.library.path no swt...
Install LAMP on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
To install LAMP server on Ubuntu – On terminal, do – sudo apt-get install tasksel sudo tasksel install lamp-server Test Apache Go to URL http://localhost/ in th...
Fix : Ubuntu Boot error – Boot device not found (after partitioning)
Problem: Ubuntu gives the message “Boot device not found” after partitioning using Gparted (done from a usb instance). Reason : Unknown. Could be that no partit...
Hibernate calls hang after giving message “opening JDBC connection”
Bug: Hibernate calls hang after giving the message “opening JDBC connection” in the logs. No exception/error message is thrown. Reason: Connection timeout not s...
Hibernate Gives Connection Pool Error: Timeout waiting for idle object
Bug: Hibernate connection times out (after the maxWait duration set for the datasource), and gives error message in the log – “Timeout waiting for idle object” ...
ClassCastException for same class on slim3 for Google App Engine
Bug: A class cast exception like the following is thrown – class x.y.z.MyClass cannot be cast to class x.y.z.MyClass Reason: The class loaders for both these cl...